Afro celt sound system, release summary

Question 1

Tempo

Answer 1

Crotchet = 100, moderate

Question 2

Metre

Answer 2

4/4

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

Modal
Based around C minor pentatonic scale

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

Introduction, verse 1, verse 2, solos, verse 3, build, outro

Question 5

Instrumentation celtic

Answer 5

Uillean pipes, hurdy gurdy, low whistle, fiddle, bodhran, accordion

Question 6

Harmony

Answer 6

Only uses a few chords due to repeated loops

Question 7

Texture

Answer 7

Layered as lots of loops

Question 8

Rhythmic features

Answer 8

Some syncopation
Some use of triplets and sextuplets in solos

Question 9

Melodic features verse melody

Answer 9

Descending, pentatonic, repeated

Question 10

Style/period

Answer 10

Fusion:
African, Celtic, EDM

Question 11

Music technology

Answer 11

Loops
high and low pass filters in introduction
EQ, reverb, panning delay
Sampling

Question 12

Instrumentation African

Answer 12

Talking drum, kora

Question 13

Instrumentation EDM

Answer 13

Voices, electric piano drum pads, synth pad, breath samples

Question 14

Melodic features uillean pipes

Answer 14

Virtuosic, moving semiquavers, repeated, largely conjunct, use of pitch bends